Beijing - Rescuers have recovered 78 bodies from what may be China's worst bus accident this year, while a second bus plunge claimed another 17 lives, state media reported.
The 78 bodies were recovered from a bus that veered off a bridge in Liuzhou city in southern Guangxi province on Friday night and plunged 30 metres into the Liujiang River, Xinhua news agency said.
Meanwhile, in northern Shanxi province, 17 people were killed when a bus skidded off a road near Chaijiawan village on Friday morning and plunged 18 metres into the Yellow River, Xinhua said.